Thiel Owners

ig316b,

The 2.4SE. is a daisy of a speaker. In the right room, no subs are needed and you can sit back for hours on end in bliss. I miss them already but need to get acclimated to the CS7.2 again for testing. 

Glad the CS 2.4SE are living up to your expectations. Once you get the SS2 dialed in I can make a day trip to you and have a listening session. 

Pure Class A yields the best performance from my limited experience as they do not need the  power output of the CS6 nor 7.2.

Tom,

If end users opt for outboard XO, as you have outlined from previous posts,  that would allow bi-amping. 

The possibilities that would present is encouraging to say the least. 

jafant,

My purpose is test room, materials, and of course various Thiel models. The only component I focus on is what amp (tool) I am using as I need to be mindful as there is no silver bullet regarding amps as I have many with various outputs.

Cables,front end, preamp pick your poison as there are hundreds of choices. 

Those are subjective. I’m trying to maintain an objective viewpoint with what I am doing. 

ig316b

Thank You for the insightful reply. Keep me posted as you experiment and massage those Subs (2Wq and SS-2) into your room and System. Once completed

make a Virtual Systems page for The Panel. Stay Warm!

Happy Listening!

All -

as we embark a New Year, take the time to make or update your Virtual Systems pages. Let's see those Rooms and Systems!  For those in the pathways of the current Winter storm, stay warm!

Happy Listening!

Tom 

Duramax brings up a good question I was discussing with him and pondering over for a little while. I noticed that there are two crossovers within the cabinet of the 2.4's as seen elsewhere when someone upgraded their crossovers.

I had initially considered using a Pass Labs 60.X with the Thiel SI-1 Integrator to reduce the amount of low frequency going to the 2.4's, but then it occurred to me that a 60.X is just a 30.X in mono configuration.

My thoughts then went to crossover being separated in the cabinet. If you powered each crossover with its own amplifier with one of the channels driving the 3.5 inch driver full range and the other channel having the low frequencies limited and bypassed to an external subwoofer.

Looking at the measurements provided in Sterophile it appear the upper range driver would remain in an almost steady state around 2 ohm and the 8 inch driver would have a largest amount of movement but with the external crossover not be required to drive as much energy.

I know there is a lot more that goes into these thing and I wish it was just that simple but there is a reason I fix aircraft to fly and not design speaker for a living.

Anyway if you have time to ponder my query please do and  please be kind to my simple mind as it shocks me what I know about electrical current sometimes.

Robert  

duramax747

Thank You for the follow up. I look forward in reading more about your complete System, once testing has been accomplished.  Equally good to read that your impressions and thoughts on models CS 2.4/CS2.4SE corroborates with mine.

Happy Listening!